Abstract

REIS-JORGE, José; FERREIRA, Marco  and  OLCINA-SEMPERE, Gustau. The Role of Teachers as Researcher in Reconstructing Educational Professionalism in a Changing World. Educación [online]. 2020, vol.44, n.1, pp.509-519. ISSN 2215-2644.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/revedu.v44i1.39044.

Involving primary and secondary school teachers2 as researchers of their craft is a topic that has been under discussion for many decades and which has garnered growing importance in today´s world. A study probing into knowledge acquisition and professional development by faculty fosters the importance of learning and acquiring new types of knowledge to respond to the different challenges and needs imposed by complex educational contexts. There is a broad consensus by those who defend the role of teachers as researchers as a decision-making, evidence-based strategy for assessment and innovation of practices. However, it seems that there is less of a consensus regarding the concept of the teacher as researcher and the actual research context. The goal of this article is to reflect on current roles and perspectives of teachers as researchers in reconstructing teacher expertise using a conceptual framework as an architectural baseline. This thought allows us to conclude that need for teachers to research their craft must, essentially, be a systematic process of reflection and thought on the efficacy of their work and not necessarily have to obey the stringent and traditional criteria of academic research.

Keywords : Primary Teachers; High School Teachers; Research; Career Development; Scientific Development.

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